A health care worker who sold Medicare beneficiary information to Detroit-area home health agency operators as part of a $24.7 million home health care fraud conspiracy pleaded guilty today for his role in the scheme, which sought to profit by billing for home healthcare services that were medically unnecessary and not provided. The guilty plea [...]
January 22, 2013 By Leave a Comment
$48 Million Medicare Fraud Bust: Identity Theft Rampant in Ohio
DAYTON (AP): Scammers have used the stolen identities of doctors and made up businesses to bill Medicare for millions of dollars of nonexistent services, a newspaper investigation has found. Dozens of so-called medical providers in Ohio have registered with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services by using nothing more than a mailbox as their [...]
April 23, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Aging Workforce Strains Medicare… Are They Kidding?
How many times have you read a Chicken Little news headline claiming that Medicare is nearly broke? Congress have been aware of the looming problems for decades, and yet they do little. Why? Elections! Nothing is more politically volatile than messing around with senior’s health care benefits. After all, seniors are the most diligent voters [...]
